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3    P   g   befpeak  the  judicious  Reader's  Can- 
Ui^iiJ  °our  for  the  Marks  of  Hafte  that 
may  be  found  in  the  following  Ser- 
mon.    It  was  written  immediately  after  Dr 
Ogilvie's  Death,  and   preached  in  two  of " 
the  Churches  of  New-Tork  the  Sunday  after 
he  vyas  buried.     It  now  appears  nearly  in  its 
original  Form,  as  it  was  delivered  from  the 
^uipit,  having  undergone  only  a  few  verbal 
Alterations,     Whilft  tranfcribing  it  for  the 
I^rels,  I  flung  in  a  few  Notes— fuch  as  then 
occurred  to  me,  and  I  thought  might  eluci- 
date  the  Text.     I  ihall  make^o  Apology  for 
printing  it,    as  one  principal  Motive  was  to 
eftify  my  Efteem  for  Dr.  OciLviE-rather 
than  forego  the  Opportunity  of  doing  fo,  I 
would  even  run  the  Rifn uc  of  Cenfure  for  any 
little  Inaccuracies  which  might  be  naturally 
expected    in   a   hafty  Gompofition,    written 
when  the  Mind  laboured  under  the  Pre/Ture 
of  Grief,  and  the  Heart  was  penetrated  with 
the  Lofsofa  worthy  Friend.    No  Difficulties   * 
or  Difcouragements,  (hall  ever  deter  me  from 
dilcharging  the  Duties  of  Friendf  ' 


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me  remifs  in  complying  with  its  Calls.- 

May  the  Truths  here  delivered  be  attended 
with  the  defired  Eifedt  to  each  Reader  ;  and 
may  the  Virtues  of  this  excellent  Clergyman* 
a  few  only  of  which  are  here  delineated,  be 
an  Incentive  to  others  to  tread  in  his  Steps 
and  imitate  his  Example. 

New-York, 
Decemb.  lo,  1774. 


ERRATA. 

Page  6,  Lines  26,  17,  »8— for— and  this  partly  with  Defign  to 
counteraft  the  infidious  Endeavours  of  fome  falfe  Teachers,  who 
endeavoured  to  ali«nate,— -read— and  this  partly  to  counteraft  the 
infidious  Defign  of  fome  falfe  Teachers,  who  endeavoured  to  alienate— 

Page    h,  Line  26,  for  flumbering,  read  flumbering. 


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II  Corinth,  v.   6. 

Therefore  we  are  always  confident ;  knowing 
that  whilji  we  are  at  Home  in  the  Body,  we 
are  abfentfrom  the  Lord, 


3    «  I   e 


N  the  Worlci^  ye  fhall  have  Tribula- 
tion"—was  oneofthelaft  Declarations 
of  our  blefled  Saviour  to  his  Apoftles, 
He  forefaw  the  Trials  that  awaited 
them — that  neither  the  Innocence  of 
Life  which  diftinguifhed  them,  nor  the  Purity  and 
faiutary  Tendency  of  the  Dodlrines  they  taught, 
could  defend  them  from  Obloquy  and  Perfecution. 
Of  this  he  warned  them,  that  they  might  be  pre- 
pared for  thofe  afflifting  Events.  He  aflured  them 
that  the  World  would  "  hate  and  perfecute  them — 
"  yea,  the  Time  would  come  that  whofoever  killed 
"  them  would  think  he  did  God  Service." 


Th.se  Predicflions  were  all  literally  verified. 
The  Apoftles  and  other  primitive  Chriftians  fuffered 
whatever  could  be  inflided  by  unbounded  iVIalics 
and  Virulence.  They  were  loaded  with  opprobri- 
ous Calumnies  i  the  fanguinary  Decrees  of  the 
abandoned  Jews  and  idolatrous  Heathens  were 
executed  againil  them  with  the  mort  favage  and 
unrelenting  Cruelty,  as  the  A£i5  of  the  Apoftles  and 
other  ecclefiaftical  Records  amply  teftify.  To  be 
a  Chriftian  was  then  the  fame  as  to  be  an  Objeft 


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of  implacable  Hatred;  accordingly,  thofc  who 
embraced  the  Religioa  of  Jefus,  p^e^pared  to  take 
up  the  Crois--to  rcfign  all  earthly  Profpeas  and 
Enjoyments--even  Lite  itfcU;  for  the  Teftimony 
of  their  divine  Mailer.  ciuiuony 

,  Under  thefe  oppreHive  Circiimftances,  Chriftia- 
nity  mu  Ihave  been  totally  overwhelmed, had  not  the 
Hand  of  Gou  been  ftretched  out  to  fupport  it ;  not 
only  by  the  Miracles  which  he  enabled  the  Apoftles 
and  other  Believers  to  work  daily,  but  alfo  by  the 
extraordinary  Effufions  of  his  Spirit  whkh  were 
poured  otit  on  the  meek  Followers  of  the  Z- 
Ueemer.  During  three  tedious  Centuries  it  ftruegled 
agaiiift  aU  the  Uppofition  it  could  receive  from  the 

with  thofeof  Darknels,  and  combined  tocrulh  it 
Agamft  thele.t  only  oppofed  the  Patience,  Suffer- 
ings, and  unblem.fhed  tondudl  of  its  Profeffors  • 
Nor  can  any  Thing  be  a  more  irrefragable  Proof 

tf^DimZ-  """'r'^  ■^'^^"  J^^^  ^^  iurmounted 
thole  Diificulties-rofe  triumphant  over  them,  till 

m  the  Beginning  of  the  fourth  Century,  itatoded 
the  imperial  Throne  of  Rome  f.  '^'-cnaea 

rh^l'l^"^^'  '"  thisEpiftle  pathetically  reprefents 
the  Sufferings  to  which  Chriftians   were  expofed 

partly  with  Defign  to  counteraft  the  infidious  En- 
deavours of  fome  falie  Teachers,  who  endeavot^ed 
to  alienate  the   Corinthians  from  him,    and   the 

tT,llZ    r""'  4'^  ^^^^^  "^^^^  '^^^'^  Sufferings 

^^Zl^^?^'         ^'  ^'■^  ^'•""bkd  on  every  Sidl 

%s  he,  but  not  dUbeffed ,  we  are  perplxed, 

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"  but  not  in  Defpair ;  perfeciitcd,  but  not  forfa- 
**  ken  ;  caft  down,  but  not  deftroyed  ;  always 
*'  bearing  about  in  the  Body  the  dying  of  the  Lord 
"  Jefus,  that  the  Life  alfo  of  Jclus  might  be  made 
"  manitcft  in  our  Body|." 

He  then  proceeds  to  lay  before  the  Corinthians 
the  great  Advantages  arifing  from  Afflidions,  to 
anmiatc  them  m  their  Chriftian  Courfe,  and  re- 
concile them  to  thofe  Prcfilires.  "  We  faint  not, 
"  fays  he  i  but  tho'  our  outward  Man  peri(h,  yet 
the  inward  Man  is  renewed  Day  by  Day.  For 
our  light  Affliaion,  which  is  but  for  a  Moment, 
worketh  for  us  a  far  more  exceeding  and  eternal 
Weight  of  Glory.*" 

The  greateft  SufFerings  here  will  foon  have  an 
Lnd.  Compared  to  Ltemity,  their  Duration  is 
but  as  a  Moment.  A  State  of  endlefs  Glorv  fuc- 
ceeds,  which  will  mcif  than  compenfate  for  them. 
This  bright  Profped  beyond  the  Precinds  of 
Mortality  outweighs  all  the  Chriftian's  Trials, 
however  fevere.  A  Ray  of  chearing  Light  and 
Hope  is  hence  darted  on  him,  which  difpels  his 
Gloom,  railes  him  from  Defpondency,  and  invi- 
gorates his  Relolntion.  With  this  Refledion  he 
may  fit  down,  not  only  refigned,  but  even  joyful 
under  the  keeneft  Afflidions. 

In  the  Chapter  from  which  my  Text  is  taken, 
the  Apoftle  piiifues  the  fame  Point,  tho*  placed  in 
a  different  View.  He  tells  the  Corinthians,  chat 
luppofing  even  the  worfl:— fuppofe  his  Perfecutors 
were  carried  fo  far  by  their  malignant  Rage  as  to 
put  the  Chriftian  ro  Death  i  he  would  only  change 

an 


i  il  Coiinth.  iv.   »— lo. 


V.  IS,  17. 


Ill 


t      8      ] 

an  earthly  for  an  heavenly  Habitation.     «  For   wc 
**  know  that  if  our  earthly  Hoiife  of  this    Taber 
"  naclc  were  (iiflblvcd,  wc  have  a  Building  of  God 
*^'  an  Houlcnot  made  with  Hands,  eternal  in  the 
,^  Heavens,     lor  in  this  we  groan    earneftly,  de- 

linng    to    be   cloathed    vpdn    with   our   Houfe 

which  IS  from  Heavenf." 

Our  Saviour  informed  his  Apoftles,  that  in  his 
leathers    Houle   were   many  Manfions  to  receive 
them,  and  all  his  Followers*  ;  St.  Paul  had  told  the 
Corinthians  in  a  former  Fpiille  that  the  Souls  of  the 
Faithful  would  finally  be  clorhed  with  fpiritual  and 
immortal   Bodies  ||  :    To   both  thefe  he  feems  to 
allude  m   thde  Words,    and   thence    deduces    an 
Argument  of  Conlolation.     Our  Bodies  are  frail 
and  continually  verging  to  decay-they  are  tranfient! 
like  occafional,  temporary  Tabernacles,   not  per- 
manent Abodes.     Chrirtians   are  burdened,  whilft 
in  them,  with  various  Calamities ;  they  groan  under 
this  opprtfTive  Weight,  earneftly  defiring  and  fiah- 
ing  tor  thole  everlading   Habitations  prepared  for 
them   in  Heaven,  where   all   their  Fvils  will    be 
u'^Tnu  l^'''^''''  Death  need   not   be  dreaded 
Dy  the  Chriftian,  fince  it  would  only  dilTolve  this 

th'-^e^nd' "I;.;'!  ,'■  iT*""',  V°''"'  Of^rcurityin  the    Conneaion"o^f 
h^^^-  mst  nn  I.  "•^^''"'-     '^?"'  ^•^'"-'  Corf  mentators  i,   ag  ne 

fed  I;  P,A     T    '  .fP^P^^'  «''^"^  for  Olory  ;  and  it  is  luppo- 
r,r   f  V"'/"^''^'^;::"^"..  'f  't  were  poir.hle,  and   the    W.ll  of  S 

deWiandUin    at-  ^'       i  '^«^'*'^'/--  ^»d  not  found  naked,  fome   un- 
further   ,n,.v    confult\{;,         w  "'"'V"   '"'"^'"^   ^'^^  ^^^^ 
Whithv  n    ,^^"'""    ^^'LL.    Wall's    Critical  Notes,     Locke 
WHITBY   a  d  Doddridge,  on  the  Place.  -^ocke, 
Jolin  xjv.  ».                         u  r  r-.-      .. 


[      9      ] 

fleeting  Tabernacle,  and  place  him  in  his  heavenly, 
unchanging  Abode. 


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To  imprtTs  thcfe  important  Truths  more  deeply 
the  Minds  of  the  Corinthians,  the  Apollle  tells 
them,  that  God  liimTclt  was  the  Author  of  this 
whole  CEconomy.  From  Motives  of  Love  he  had 
wifely  fubjecled  them  to  Trials,  the  more  effedually 
to  fecure  their  Salvation.  By  his  Grace,  operatino- 
in  their  Hearts,  he  raifed  them  to  thofe  ful^ime 
Views,  and  Defires  after  Immortality.  1  lis  Spirit 
had  wrought  this  Temper  in  them,  and  was  a 
Pledge  and  Earnefl:  of  their  future  Glory.  Nothin«< 
can  be  more  conducive  to  fortify  a  Ciirillian  againft 
Affliiftions,  Sufferings  and  Death,  than  what  is 
urged  to  this  Purpofe,at  V.  5.  **  Now  he  that  hath 
*'  wrought,"  or  prepared  and  framed,  "  us  for 
*'  the  lelf  lame  Thing,  is  God,  who  hath  alfo 
"  given  u'^ro  us  the  Karneft  of  the  Spirit." 

The  Confequence  of  tliefe  Particulars,  and  the 
Iiffeds  produced  by  thejn  in  the  Apoftle  and 
other  fincere  Chriftians,  we  have  in  my  Texr, 
which  immediately  follows—"  Therefore  we  are 
"  always  confident ;  knowing  that  whilil  we  are 
"  at  Home  in  the  Body,  we  are  abfent  from  the 


IVe  cire  always  c.,:fiJent—t\\?,t  is,  undifmayed 
at  SuiTenngs  or  Death,  and  undaunted  in  the 
Dilchargeot  each  Chnftian  Duty. 

KNOiriNG  that  wbilj}  zve  are  at  Home  in  the 
Body--ihu  is,  whilO;  we  Ibjourn  in  the  ijjv.iv  •  lor 
the  Apoftle  refers  to  what  "he  had  laid  bcto:v,\-.nd 
wants   to  iliew  that  the  Body  is   not  our  proper 

llauic 


11 


[ 


lO 


] 


Hoiife,  but  only  a  tcmpora-y  Tent  or  Tabernacle 
— whilft  in  it,  we  are  Pilgrims  and  Sojourners. 

IVE  are  ahfent  from  the  Lord—viQ  are  detained 
from  his  blefled  Prclcnce,  and  i-'rom  the  Happineis 
refulting  from  it  and  ine  Enjoymeni  of  him. 


We 


may 


Oppofii 


perceive  an  evident  Uppolition ^ 

made  between  our  Continuance  in  the  Body,  and 
the  Enjoyment  of  God.  Wh-'It  prefent  with  the 
one,  we  are  abfent  from  the  other.  This  Confi- 
deraiion  was  dill  more  animating  than  thole  before 
mentioned.  I'he  former  indeed  might  reconcile 
Chriftians  to  Trials,  and  fupport  them  under  the 
Approaches  of  Dcfaeh  •,  but  this  Refledion--  that 
our  Sray  in  the  Body,  detains  us  from  the  Prefence 
of  the  Lord— that  when  we  leave  it,  we  go  imme- 
diately to  God— this  Refledion,  I  fay,  makes  Death 
even  defirable.  Accordingly,  St.  Paul  in  the  next 
Verfe  but  one  declares,  that  in  his  own  Choice  he 
prefered  a  Departure  from  the  Body  that  he  might 
be  with  God.  "  We  are  confident,  I  lay,  and  willing 
"  rather  to  be  abfent  from  the  Body,  and  to  be 
"  prefent  with  the  Lord." 


t( 


It  was  neceflary  to  elucidate  the  Context  in  this 
Manner  that  we  might  fully  know  the  Scope  of 
the  Apoftle's  Argumt-nt,  and  the  Force  of  his 
Reafoning.  Thus  explained,  my  Text  affords  an 
ample  Field  for  Meditation— abundant  Matter  for 
the  moil  ufeful  Refleftions.  Permit  me  to  felea:  a 
tew  for  your  Confideration. 

MRS1\  From  this  PalTage  we  learn  a  moft 
important  Truth— a  Truth  which  too  many  arc 
apt  to  forget— that  this  Earth  in  not  our  Home. 

We 


[  "  ] 

We  are  only  Sojourners   and   Pilgrims  here 

Travellers  to  that  Place  where  God  has  prepared 
everlalling  Habitations  for  thofe  who  love  him. 

Tho'  every  Page  in  the  Book  of  God— tho* 
Reafon  and  daily  Experience  inculcate  this  Leflbn, 
trumpeting  it  aloud  in  our  Ears  i  yet  how  many 
are  deaf  to  the  Admonition  !  How  many  who  will 
not  liften  or  regard  it  ! 

See  the  Children  of  this  World  in  the  different 

Walks  of  human    Life— immerled   in   Pleafure 

plunged  in  Bufinefs- -goaded  on  by  Ambition,  or 
fome  orher  relllefs  Paffion  :  How  diftant  from  their 
Thoughts  is  the  fleeting  State  of  Man's  Exillence 
here  !  That  his  Life  is  a  Vapour,  which  foon  va- 
nillieth  away  !  That  here  he  hath  no  continuing 
City  •,  and  that  he  fhould  therefore  feek  for  one 
to  come  ! 

These  Refleaions  find  no  Admittance  in  their 
Bofoms.  They  are  placed  here  in  a  State  of  Trial 
—their  Happinefs  for  ever  depends  on  the  Im- 
provement they  make  of  this  fhort  Span  of  Life 
---every  Step  they  take  Ihortens  their  Diflance 
from  the  Grave— Numbers  around  them  are  daily 
crouding  into  it,  and  many  of  thefe  fnatched  off 
by  fudden  unexpected  Deaths  :  Yet  they  are  fecure 
and  flumbering !  They  are  hanging  on  the  Verge 
of  an  awful  Eternity,  yet  no  vigorous  Effort  is 
made  to  prepare  for  it  !  They  feem  to  think  this 
Earth  the  only  Stage  of  Exiftence  ;  and  they  ad: 
as  if  they  were  to  remain  on  it  for  ever ! 

Not  fo  the  pious,  prudent  Chriftian.  He  knows 
that  Man  who  is  born  of  a  Woman,  is  of  few 

Days 


V 


12 


] 


Days  and  full  of  Trouble— that  he  cometh  up  as 
a  Mower,  and  is  cut  down --that  he  fleeth  as  a 
Shadow,  and  continueth  not  Senfible  of  the 
Shorcnefs  and  Uncertainty  of  Life,  that  his  Time 
is  fhort,  and  his  Work  great ;  the  confcientious 
Chriflian  carefully  improves  his  Time,  and  prepares 
for  Eternity.  To  be  at  Peace  with  God,  thro'  the 
Redeemer— to  regulate  each  Part  of  his  C  ^nduft 
by  the  Will  of  Heaven-  to  be  purged  fr^om  Sin, 
and  findificd  by  the  Influences  of  the  He.  Spirit 
—to  have  the  divine  Image  planted  in  his  Bo.  m, 
the  Lite  of  God  Ipnnging  up,  and  growing  to 
Maturity  within  him :  Is  his  fupream  Ambition 
and  Defire— his  daily,  earneft  Endeavour.  He  is 
therefore  confident  and  undaunted  in  doing  his 
Duty  •,  knowing  that  his  Continuance  here  is  un- 
certain, and  that  whilft  he  fojourns  in  the  Body, 
he  is  ablcnt  from  the  Lord. 

SECONDLY.  This  Text  affords  the  trueft 
Confolation  under  the  various  Preiiures  and  Cala- 
mities we  meet  with  here. 

If  we  caft  our  Eyes  along  the  rude,  tempeftuous 
Coaft  of  this  World,  we  fee  a  gh.iltly  Wreck  of 
human  Happinefs.  No  Age  or'Scx,  no  State  or 
Station,  is  exempt  fnjm  a  Share  in  the  ceneial 
Ruin.  Not  to  mention  the  imagmary  Evils  with 
which  poor  Mortals  fwell  the  Catalogue  of  their 
Sorrows,  many  are  the  real  Woes  which  itr bitter 
Life  i  and  every  Heart  poflcffed  ot  Benevolence 
and  Senfibility,  whilft  it  partakes  of  the  common 
Lot  of  Humanity,  muft  feel  tenderly  for  the  Mi- 
fcrics  of  otiiers. 


How 


t     "3     . 

How  often  are  the  mod  liattering  Profpefts 
deftroyed  by  fome  difaftroiis  Accident ;  like  early 
Blonbms  and  the  blooming  Growth  of  Spring  by 
fome  malignant  Blaft  !  See  the  wide-fprrad  Rava- 
ges of  Death,  Dii'eafe  and  Poverty,  around  this 
habitable  Globe— the  various  Shapes  in  which 
Afflidlion  aflaults  the  Children  of  Men  ! 

Does  Charity  weep  over  the  melancholy  Scene  ? 
—The  /  noftle  in  the  PafTages  we  have  been  con- 
fiderir^/nv^pes  off  her  Tears,  and  minifters  Com- 
fort V()  all  who  fufferj  efpecially  to  the  faithful 
Servant  of  God.  His  Afflidtion  which  is  but  for 
a  Moment,  will  work  out  for  him  a  far  more  ex- 
ceeding and  eternal  Weight  of  Glory.  He  knows 
that  if  his  earthly  Houfe  of  this  Tabernacle  were 
diflbived,  he  has  a  Building  of  God,  an  Houfe 
not  made  with  Hands,  eternal  in  the  Heavens. 
He  knows  that  whih'l  he  is  detained  in  the  Body, 
he  is  abfentfrom  the  Lord  ;  but  that  the  Moment 
of  Diflblution  brings  him  to  the  Bofom  of  his 
God.  He  is  therefore  chearful  and  undifmayed 
under  Sufferings,  fenfible  of  the  happy  Effetls 
reiulting  from  them,  when  fancl:ified.  As  Silver 
is  tried  and  purified  in  the  Fire,  fo  is  he  in  the 
Furnace  of  Affliftion,  and  fnines  with  brighter 
Luftre.  For  Trials  are  falutarv  Means,  Ihro* 
divine  Grace,  of  preparinp;  us  for  Glory— of  ^tting 
us  for  our  heavenly  Habitarion,  when  we  put  off 
thefc  frail  Tabernacles  :  They  flow  from  infinite 
Love,  from  un-erring  Wifdom,  and  are  deficrned 
for  our  trueft  Good,  ° 

THIRDLY.  This  Text  furniflies  a  fovereign 
Remedy  againff  the  Fears  of  Deatli  ;  and  indeed 
this  feems  to  luvc  been  the  principal  Obied:  which 
t!ie  Apoftle  JKid  in  View. 

C  Death 


11 


'.\ 


[  14  ]: 

Death  is  the  Separation  of  Soul  and  Body 
from  each  other  ;  when  the  one  returns  to  Duft, 
and  the  other  launches  into  Eternity,  and  returns 
to  God  who  gave  it.  The  Terror  of  Death  arifes 
chiefly  from  ics  Contcquences  -,  and  hence  Sin  is 
faid  to  *'  be  the  Sting  ot  Death*,"  becaufe  Death 
configns  the  impenitent  Sinner  to  everlafting  Mifery. 

BtJT  to  the  fincere  Chriftian,  Death  is  difarmed 
of  his  Sting  and  of  his  Terrors.  The  grim  Tyrant 
may  either  make  his  flow,  deliberate  Approaches, 
and  rack  the  Body  with  Anguifli,  or  fuddenly  lay 
this  earthly  Tabernacle  in  Ruins  •,  yet  the  Chriftian 
has  a  Building  of  God,  an  Houfe  not  made  with 
Hands,  eternal  in  the  Heavens.  To  this  Death 
admits  him— conveys  him  from  a  State  of  Imper- 
feftion  and  Trial,  to  a  State  of  Glory,  where  he 
Ihall  be  prefent  with  the  Lord  :  So  that  he  may 
ufe  St.  Paul's  triumphant  Exclamation — "  O  Death, 
where  is  thy  Sting  ?  O  Grave,  where  is  thy 
Viftory  ?— Thanks  be  to  God  who  giveth  us  the 
Vidory  thro'  our  Lord  Jefus  Chriltf ." 

TmeAefore,  aitho^  Death  tnay  be  the  King  of 
Terrors  to  the  Vicious  and  Impenitent  j  yet,  ac- 
cording to  this  reviving  Truth,  he  is  a  Meflenger 
of  Peace  to  the  pious  Chriftian  —a  kind  Deliverer 
from  the  Bondage  of  Corruption  into  the  glori- 
ous Liberty  of  the  Children  of  Godf /* 


ti 


<c 


ct 


FOURTHLY.  The  Paflage  now  before  lis 
fully  evinces  the  Falfhood  of  that  gloomy  Opinion 
— that  the  human  Soul  is  in  a  State  of  Sleep  or 
Infcnfibility  from  Death  till  the  Rcfurrcdioni 


HIS 


*  T  /-"—:- 


t  Rom.  viii.  zi. 


ill  Co 


.•.^.x. 


JJ»  J'  • 


t    '5    ] 

This  Notion  is  diametrically  oppofite,  not  only 
to  St.  Paul's  exprefs  Words  here,  but  to  the  whole 
Scope  and  Delign  of  his  Reafoning.  He  is  laying 
fcveral  condolatory  Truths  before  the  Corinthians 
to  fupport  them  under  Trials  and  Perfecution. 
One  of  thefe,  which  had  a  peculiar  Tendency  to 
animate  their  Relolution,  was,  That  altho'  their 
Perfecutors  fhould  pioceed  to  fuch  Violence  as  even 
10  put  them  to  Death,  this  Event  would  eafe  them 
of  all  their  Troubles,  and  bring  them  immediately 
to  God. 


(( 


cc 


t( 


Agreeably  to  this,  he  tells  them--"  We  are 
always  confident,  knowing  that  whilft  we  are  at 
Home  in   the    Body,  we   are   abfent  from  tlic 
Lord  ;"  and  again—**  We  are  confident,  I  Ti/, 
and  willing  rather  to  be  abfent  from  the  Body,  and 
to  be   prelenc  with  the  Lord."     Now  can  any 
Thing  be  more  evident  than  that  thefe  Words  con- 
vey this  Meaning— That  when  the  Soul,  or  think- 
ing  Part  of  us,  is  feparated  from  the  Body  by 
Death,  it  is  prefent  with  God --is  admitted   to  the 
blifsful  Enjoyment  of  him. ^  The  fame  Word  which 
is  ufed  to  fignify  the  Soul's  Prefence  with  the  Body 
before  Death,  is  alfo  ufed  to  fignify    its  Prefence 
with  the  Lord  after  Death.     As    before  Death,  it 
was  prefent,  and  had  a  vital  Union  with  the  Body, 
and  was  in  a  State  of  Life,  Adivity  and  Suffering  : 
So  after  Death,  it  was   to  be  prefent,  and  have  a 
fpiritual  Union,  with  God,  and   was   to   be    in  a 
State  of   Life,  Aftivity   and   Happinefs.     Coukl 
this  be  true,  if  the  Soul,  after   Death,  were  in  a 
State  of  Infenfibility  ^  With  what  Truth  or  Pro- 
priety could  it  be  faid,in  that  Cafe,  that  it  would  be 
prefent  with  the  Lord  ?  Would  it  be  one  Jot  more 
prefent  with  him  after  than  before  Death  ?  Would 


j 


F  » 


[     i6     ] 

it  be  fo  much  ?  No.  During  Life,  the  pious  Soul 
h(.>lds  a  pirafing  Inccrcourie  with  God— is  fanclified 
by  his  Spirit,  and  it  walks  by  Faith  :  The  Grace 
of  our  Lord  Jcfus  Chrilt,  the  Love  of  God,  and 
Fellowfliip  of  the  Holy  Ghoft,  are  its  Portion. 
But  according  to  this  Scheme,  the  Soul  would  be 
fo  far  from  enjoying  ev^'n  this  Intercourfe  and  Fcl- 
lowrtiip  with  the  Almighty,  that  it  would  be  as 
infenfible,  as  far  from  any  Enjoyment  of  him,  as 
the  trodden  Clay  ! 

Ov  this  Principle,  how  poor   and  cold  an  Ar- 
gument of  Conlolation  had  it   been  to  the  Corin- 
thians to  tell   them,  after   all   their  Suffering:  for 
Jelus,  whom   they  loved,  and  earneftly  wilhed  to 
enjoy— That  at  Death  their  Souls  would  be  in  a 
State  of  Sleep  and    Torpor,  infenfible  of  him  as 
their  Bodies  vvhilft  mouldering  into  Duft,  and  as 
deftitute  of  his  Prefence  !   Evidently  this  is  alto- 
gether contrary  to  St.  Paul's  Defign  and  Meaning, 
which   was    to  affure   the   Corinthians  that    after 
Death,  not  only  their  Sufferings  would  be  ended, 
but  that  they  would  adually  be  bieft  with  the  Pre- 
fence and  Enjoyment  of  God,  in  a  fenfible  State  of 
Life  and  Aftivity.     And  fuppofing  it  true  that 
the  Soul   flceps  after  Death,  the  Apoftle's  Afler- 
tion  would  not  only  be  delufivc  and  falfe,  but  his 
Argument  would    be  as   confolatory  to  the  moft 
abandoned   and   profligate  Sinner,  as   to   the  de- 
voutcft  Chriftian  ;  for  according  to  this  Do6trine, 
both  would   be  equally  infenfible  and  free  from 
Suffering. 

This  is  not  the  only  Place  where  this  Point  is 
touch.L'd  on  in  the  New  l^ellament  ;  there  arc 
levcral   others   in  which  tiie  Notion  of  the  Soul's 

iiiicnnbiiity 


)* 


:  t 


[     >7     ] 

Inlenfibility  after  Death  is  refuted.  St.  Paul  tells 
the  Phiiifjpi.ins  -  "  I  am  in  a  Strait  betwixt  two, 
*'  having  a  Defire  to  depart,  and  to  be  witli  Chrilt  •, 
"  which  i;,  f.ir  better.  Ncverthclefs  to  abide  in 
"  the  Ficfli  is  more  needful  for  you*".  '■To  be  with 
Cbrijiy  mult  ncceflariiy  inean  a  fenfible  State  of 
Happinefs  in  his  Prtfence.  The  Words— -/^r 
better— -1XQ  very  emphatical  in  the  Original ;  they 
fignify"-^f//*'r  beyond  all  Expreffion  ;  for  the  Apolllc 
here,  as  ellc\vhtre  frequently,  iVcms  to  labour  for 
Expreflions  tuily  to  convey  the  Greatnefs  of  his 
Ideas,  and  Intenfenefs  of  his  AlrTedlions.  But  how 
could  any  of  tliis  be  true,  if  St.  Paul  after  Death 
funk,  into  a  State  c  f  Sleep  and  Inlenfibility  ?  He 
would,  in  that  Cafe,  bf  no  more  with  Chrift,  than 
if  he  had  totally  ceafed  to  exlft  :  Nor  would  it  be 
far  better  for  him  to  depatc  \  becaufe  during  Life, 
he  had  the  Confolations  of  our  Saviour's  Spirit  to 
chear  and  fupport  him,  and  was  always  rejoicing 
in  a  CflRfcioulneis  of  his  Smiles  and  Favour. 

Our  blelftd  Lord  himfelf  frequently  throws 
Light  on  this  Subjedl.  Thus  when  he  quotes  the 
Words  fpoken  by  the  Almighty  to  Mofes— "  I 
"  am  the  God  of  Abraham,  Ifaac  and  Jacobf,"— 
he  infers,  "  He  is  not  a  God  of  the  Dead,-  but  of 
*'  the  living  ;  for  all  live  unto  him  §."  This  is  a 
diredt  Aflertion  that  the  Souls  of  thefe  Patriarchs 
were  not  afleep  or  infenfible,  when  thefe  Words 
were  fpoken  out  of  the  burning  Bufli,  but  alive, 
^nd  enjoying  Happinefs  in  the  Prefence  of  God;]:. 

Our 


.  2;,  :4.  f  Exod.  iii.  6  §   Luke  xx.  38. 

(iitii  in  tfie  Ye.ir  of  the   Julian  Peiiod,    2893.     God 


X  Abiaiiniii 
fpoke  to  Moifs  \:\  t!;e  Dclt-it  nenr  Hoieb  in  the  Year  3323  of  the  fame 
Period  ;  lb  that  430  Years  had  elapfed  from  the  Death  of  Abraham 
till  the  i  imt-  wlieii  this  Declaration  was  made,  which  according  to  our 
Saviours  Interpretation,  pronounced  Abraham  to  be  then  exiftmg  and 
m.wzxc,  viuu.  ot-c  Aichbiiiiop  UsHfcK'b  Annals  m  isw  above  ic<«i» 
of  the  Julian  Period. 


!l 


I 


S 


.:.     , 


\il 


1  1 


[     /S     ] 

Our  Saviour  is  here  reafoning  witli  the  Sadducees, 
who  dcniec  the  Refurredlion  on  this  Principle, 
which  was  ihe  chief  Foundation  ot  their  Error— 
That  the  Soul  was  annihilated  and  ceafed  to  exift 
at  Death.  Our  Lord  entirely  refuted  their  falfe 
Principle  from  this  Inftance  -,  and  in  fuch  a  Manner 
as  wholly  overturns  the  Soul-fleeping  Scheme  alfo. 

When  our  Saviour  tells  the  penitent  Thief  on 
the  Crofs — "  To  Day  fhalt  thou  be  with  me  in 
*'  Paradife*"  —  it  manifeftly  fnews  that  the  Soul 
of  this  Perfon  after  Death  would  not  be  afleep  and 
infenfible,  but  alive,  and  in  a  State  of  Happinefs. 
I  pafs  over,  to  avoid  Prolixity,  the  Parable  oi  the 
rich  Man  and  Lazarus,  with  feveral  other  Places 
of  the  New  Tcilament,  which  evince  the  fame 
Matter.  

A  State  of  Sleep  or  Infenfibility  is,  in  Truth, 
utterly  iiconfiftent  with  the  cleared  Ideas  that  we 
have  of  the  human  Soul ;  for  being  an  immaterial 
Subftance,  on  that  very  Account,  Confcioufnefs, 
Life  and  Perception  are  efTential  to  its  Nature.  It 
is  created  with  an  innate  Power  of  Motion  or 
Adivity,  which  its  Separation  from  the  Body  can- 
not polTibly  deprive  it  of;  Nor  can  any  Thing  be 
more  abfurd  in  itfelf,  or  contrary  to  the  Principles 
of  found  Philolbphy,  than  to  fuppofe,  that  the 
Activity  of  a  fpiritual,  immaterial  jubilance,  fuch 
as  the  Soul  is,  (hould  depend  on  its  Union  with 
inert  Matter,  fuch  as  our  Bodies  are||. 

Scripture 

*   Luke  xxiii.  4.:5. 

y  He  that  would  fee  this  Semi-pagan  Notion  of  the  Soul's  Sleep  or 
Infenfibiiity  after  Death  refuted  at  la7ge  on  Principles  of  found  Philo- 
lophyand  ju(t  Realonin^,  may  confult  an  excellent  Treatile,  entitled 

^17!  i^aqutry  miu  .'/■c  i\uiii>c  vj  ihc  human  Soui  \  particuiariv  Vol.  1. 
SeaionlV.  '^  ' 


[     >9     ] 

Scripture  indeed  by  a  well  known  Metaphor, 
frequently  exprtfles  Death  by  Sleep  j  but  this 
every  where  refef-s  to  the  Body,  and  not  to  the 
Soul.  Thus  when  St.  Paul  fays—**  David  after 
**  he  had  ferved  his  Generation  by  the  Will  of 
*'  God,  fell  on  Sleep,  and  was  laid  unto  his  Fa- 
'*  theis,  and  faw  Corruptionf---"  and  Daniel  when 
he  tell  us--*'  Many  who  fleep  in  the  Duft  of  the 
**  Earf.h  fliall  awake,  fome  to  everlafting  Life, 
*'  and  fome  to  Shame  and  everlafting  Contempt||"—  : 
In  thefe  Inftances,  1  fay,  the  Expreflions  feeing 
Corruption^  and  Jleepin^  in  the  Duji  0}  the  Earthy 
plainly  determine  the  Scnfe  of  the  infpired  Authors 
— they  cannot  pofllbly  be  true  of  the  Soul,  but  of 
the  Body  only. 

In  the  fame  Senfe  are  to  be  underftood  fimilar 
Expreffions  in  the  Pfalms  and  Book  of  Job,  which 
are  ufually  alledged  to  countenance  the  Sleep  of 
the  Soul — fuch  as  thefe—*'  Man  lieth  down,  and 
*'  rifeth  not  till  the  Heavens  be  no  more  •,  they 
"  (hall  not  awake,  nor  be  raifed  out  of  their 
*'  fleepj"---*'  in  Death  there  is  no  Remembrance 
*'  of  thee  •,  in  the  Grave,  who  fhall  give  thee 
"  Thanks  §  ? — The  Dead  praife  not  the  Lord, 
"  neither  any  that  go  down  into  Silence<[." 

It  is  well  known  that  the  Pfalms  and  Book  of 
Job  are  written  in  a  Poetical  Style,  the  Genius  of 
which,  efpecially  of  the  oriental,  is  highly  figura- 
tive •,  and  to  expeft  philofophical  Precifion  in  fucli 
Compofitions,  is  contrary  to  Reafon  and  every 
Rule  of  fober  Interpretation.  This  is  not  faid, 
however,  to  evade  the  Force  of  any  Thing  con- 
tained 


Afls  xiii.    ifi, 

§  Pfalm  vi.  5, 


II  Danie!  xi 


t   Job  xiv.  II. 


^  PiUlm  txv.  i; 


1. 


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taincd  in  tli^ft-  Pafr.i<rrs  th;it  r.nv  be  thought  to 
favour  th-  Sk-ep  oF  rhc  Soul  ;  for  tliere  is  internal 
tvidcna-enouj/li  in  th-  Words  to  fhew  they  rrfpeft 
the  Body  only--  thus  Ahrnslyini^  down  and  rifin^— 
^iviti^ibanks  in  the  Crav/,  can  have  no  Keter- 
encc  to  the  Soul,  but  to  the  Body. 


H 


J 


Hsions,  it  is  M.itft^r  of  V :A  that   the 


ews  were  taimht  mtiu-irown  Scriptures 


in  a  State  of  kfrril)ur 


to 


ancient 
believe 


on,  of  Rewards  and  Punifh- 


mcnts,  inimedi.it».lv  .iftcr  l^eMtli,  wluc 


ped  to  tlu  in,  is  a  rjfFicient  Confut, 


h,  with  Kef- 


I) 


ream.      1  (h.dl  p,  kUkc  but  one  Pali: 


uion  of  this  idle 


fhew 


this. 


one  raii..'i;e  to 
Then,"  t!-u  is  ar  IX-.-th,  "  flull  the  Dull 
ri-turn  to  tlu-  I  a,  :ii  as  it  was  ;  and  the  Spirit 
"  (hall  rt-turn  to  Cv^^  w!i>^  ^ave  it!."  The  Words 
are  Solomon's,  and  inform  us  how  the  two  com- 
ponent l»4i-ts  of  Man  arc  dilj^ofcd  of  when  fepa- 
ralti^l  from  each  other.  liie  Body  returns  to  Duft, 
acc()rding  to  tp.e  ongir.al  Srntencc  pronounced  on 
it  attcr  the  Fall ;  but  tiic  Soul  returns  to  God,  to 
be  juvigod  by  him  according  to  what  it  hath  done  in 
the  Body,  whether  G^od^  or  Kvil,  and  have  its 
Portion  accordinalv  ei-her  of  Happincfsor  Milery. 
This  IS  the  plain  iVleaning  of  the  Words  ;  and  in 
thi"--  Scnie  both  Jewi;h  and  Chriltian  Interpreters 
unanitnoudy  agrcc^.     But  to  proceed-— 


I.ASTLY. 


+  TccI 


f'S.    Xli. 


•  Tluis   the   r.;.-;.-,   or  T'-j/./.y   P.tt^^V.,/?  explains  this  Verfc. 
I  hr  to.  .nvm?  ■>  a  Irer^l  Trarllition  of  n-Av.irby  FLnb  ii.^b  ivat 

.  /  /,-;  :i.^c«^,,;/,  /f,v.  r«rfxw  on  Eerie*,  x.i.  -.  .r.  B.ihou 
>V  M  rov  »  .-.-.re.;.';  S;>^..  Th«  Sr-.timtr.t.  of  the  ianer  J«rs  are 
co!.c>^><,{  ;n  WinJet,  Dt  air.i/«.^^-  i:s:-j.  Se^.  vi  ,  ix.  Thev 
^xr.-.ofvl  rvu  ShjIs  4t:.:  Dc.th  mr:  iai:recMtf;v  into  a  S»:e  cf  Hao- 
,  ir,iii  ci  Aiuct-v  i  iv.  u-.e  tea  V  •:  in«  biv^auciti  wis  ainjcit  cxanpiiibed 

at 


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21 


] 


LASTLY.  This  Text  is  moft  confolatory  to 
thofc  who  have  loft  pious  Friends,  and  of  whofe 
Salvation  they  have  a  well-grounded  Hope.  For 
furely  we  fhould  not  lament  thole  that  are  happy—- 
who  are  freed  from  the  Mil'eries  of  this  World, 
and  e  tered  into  Glory.  If  their  Peace  was  made 
with  God,  if  they  were  fit  for  his  Prefenre,  how 
much  better  is  it  for  them  to  go  into  that  bleffed 
Prefence,  than  to  remain  in  this  Scene  of  Sorrow— 
this  Vale  of  Tears .'' 

Their  Conflidls  and  Trials  are  now  over--- 
their  Griefs  and  Pains  arc  ended ---all  Tears  are 
wiped  from  iheir  Eyes— Sin  or  Temptation  will 
no  more  aflault  them,  nor  will  they  any  more  offend 
their  God.  They  look  back  with  Tranfport  to  the 
troubled  Ocean  from  which  they  have  efc.  jed  ; 
delivered  from  all  its  Storms  and  Tempefts,  and 
fafely  arrived  in  the  Haven  of  everlafting  Reft. 
They  live  with  God,  with  the  holy  Lamb  who 
redeemed  them  by  his  Blood.  They  fee  him  Face 
to  Face,  without  any  intervening  Cloud.  They 
bafk  in  his  Smiles,  and  drink  in  Life,  Joy  and 
Immortality  at  the  original  Fountain  ! 

D  I    AM 

at  the  Deftruftion  of  Jerufalem.  We  hear  little  of  them  after  that 
Period.  The  modern  Jews  utterly  rtnouncc  their  Errors.  That  the 
Jews,  antecedently  to  Solomon,  were  Strangers  to  the  Doihine  of  the 
Soul's  Sleep  or  Lifenfibility  after  Death,  is  evident  from  many  Incidents 
in  their  Hiltory,  and  Paflages  in  tiieir  Scriptures.  I  Ihall  mention  one 
Particular  only  to  this  Purpofe,  which  was  their  confulting  the  dead  on 
different  Emergencies,  particularly  to  learn  future  Events,  and  is  what 
we  call  Necromancy.  This  moft  deteftable  and  impious  Practice  is 
prohibited  under  the  fcvereft  Penalties  by  the  Law  of  Mofes.  Levit. 
xix.  26.  XX.  27.  Deuter.  xviii.  10,  11.  Yet  we  find  that  Saul  in  his 
Extremity,  and  when  delerted  by  God,  h?d  Recourfc  to  it,  and  con- 
fulted  Samuel,  i  Sam.  xxviii.---Can  we  fuppofe  the  Jews  would  at- 
tempt to  confult  the  dead,  if  they  thought  they  were  infenfib'e  and 
lifelefs  ?  Does  not  this  infamous  Pra6\ice  clearly  evince  that  the  Jews 
believed  departed  Souls  were  not  only  alive  and  lenfible,  but  that 
they  were  endued  with  fupcrior  Knowledge,  even  with  that  of  future 
Event*  ?  For  why  elfe  would  they  confult  them  ? 


"i4 


,»1 


[    "     ] 

1  AM  fully  fenfible  there  is  no  Anguifh  more 
poignant  than  what  arifcs  trom  the  Lois  of  a  dear 
and  pious  Relative.  The  tender  Love  wc  bear  to 
Jiich  is  the  Caufe  of  our  Grief;  but  if  we  reflcft 
as  wc  ought,  that  very  Love  (hould  in  fome  Mea- 
fure  reconcile  us  to  the  Lofs,  fincc  our  Friends 
arc  infinite  Gainers.  Wc  lament  ourfelves,  and 
not  them.  For  r  rtainly  it  is  far  better  for  them 
to  depart,  and  be  with  Chrift  in  Happinefs  and 
Glory,  than  to  continue  in  this  State  of  Suffering 
and  Trial.  Wherefore,  you  that  have  loft  a  pi- 
ous Relative,  comfort  yourfclf  with  this  falutary 
Truth-- -that  your  Friend,  the  Objed  of  your 
Affeftion  and  Grief,  is  now  prefent  with  the  Lord. 
Let  this  afluage  your  Anguifh— let  it  be  as  Balm  to 
your  wounded  Spirit ;  and  grieve  not  that  a  Saint 
is   added  to  Heaven,  tho'  torn  from  your  Bofom. 

This  Subjed,  and  thefe  Refledions  were  fug- 
gefted  to  me  by  the  Death  of  a  late  worthy  and 
excellent  Perfon,  well  known  to  each  of  you  by 
his  Labours  of  Piety  and  Benevolence — I  mean 
the  Reverend  Dr.  Ogilvie,  whofe  Death  is  an 
Affliftion  to  you,  and  a  general  Lois  to  the  Church 
ot  God. 

Nine  Years  have  I  lived  with  him  in  perfed 
Harmony  and  Friendfhip.  Much  was  he  endeared 
to  me  by  his  many  amiaMe  Qualities  •,  by  a  Union 
of  Affedlions  and  Principles,  and  by  our  joint 
Endeavours  in  the  Miniflry  of  the  Gofpel,  in  that 
clofe  Conneflion,  which,  from  our  refpective  Sta- 
tions, necefTarily  fubfifled  between  usf.  1  o  men- 
tion 

t  Gregory  Thaumaturgus  has  a  fine  Sentiment  in  his 
Panegyric  Oration  to  Origen.  He  is  mentioning  the  Friendftiip  of 
Davui  and  Jonathan,  wliich  he  compres  to  his  own  with  Origen  i 
and  .nfetting  forth  the  Ardour  o<^"it  on  his  Part,  ne  declares  it  cannot  be 

extinguiOied, 


[   n   ] 

tion  him  therefore  in  this  Place,  which  now,  alis  ! 
mult  know  him  no  more,  is  not  only  a  Debt  of 
Friendfhip  which  I  owe  to  his  Memoiy,  and  is 
cxpedcJ  from  me ;  but  it  may  alfo  be  of  Service  to 
you  to  lay  fome  Parts  of  his  Charadler  before  you, 
and  remind  you  of  your  Duty  in  Confequence  of 
having  enjoyed  the  Benefit  of  his  Miniftry  fo  many 
Years. 

He  was  born  in  this  City  :  and  many  of  you 
know,  that  he  remembered  his  Creator  in  the  Days 
of  his  Youth.  Even  at  that  Period,  he  had  deep 
ImprclTions  of  Religion,  and  drove  to  turn  others 
to  Righteoufnefs  ;  which  alfo  feemed  to  be  the 
principal  Objedt  of  his  whole  Life  afterwards. 

He  devoted  himfelf  early  ro  the  Service  of  the 
Altar ;  and  his  firft  Station  after  he  entered  into 
Holy  Orders  was  fuch  as  fuited  his  glowing  Zeal 
to  promote  the  Honour  of  God,  and  the  Salvation 
of  Souls*.  I  may  fay  that  he  was  placed  on  the 
fartheft  Limit  of  the  MefTiah's  Kingdom  ;  for  all 
beyond  it  was  one  dark  and  difmal  Gloomt,  unen- 
lightened by  any  Ray  from  the  Sun  of  Righte- 
oulnefs.  Here  he  faithfully  laboured,  and  with 
Succefs,  to  add  the  Heathen  to  his  Matter's  In- 
heritance, and  the  uttermoft  Parts  of  the  Earth  to 
his  Pofleflion. 

Those 

extinguiflied,  but  will  fubfift  after  this  Life  is  ended.  "  This  David," 
fays  he,  meaning;  Origen,  "  hath  bound  up  my  Soul  in  fuch  necef- 
"  fary  Fetters  of  Love,  hath  fo  tied  nie  to  him,  that  if  I  would  even 
"  try  fo  difengage  myii^lf,  I  could  not  etfeft  it.  No— altho'  we  depart 
"  out  of  this  World,  our  AfFeilion,  which  is  founded  on  the  divine 
"  Principles  of  ScHpture,  c.nnot  die---it  mult  remain  for  ever." 
Gkec.  Thaum.  Ornt.  Pane^.  in  Orio.  «/>«;/ Orig.  0pp.  Vol.  iv. 
inter  Opera  aJ  Okig.  fpe^.'a/iiia.  p.  6s-  Edit.  De  La  Rue.  1759. 

*  He  was  appointed  MilTionary  to  Albany  and  t!ie  MihanvklnAizm 
;,.   4!,~  \%---  '        '      -^    ■-     ■•      " -^  

Jerehn  Parts. 


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[   24  ] 

Those  Qualifications,  which  enable  a  Perfon 
to  Ihine  antl  be  uleful  in  the  facred  Miniftry,  were 
poflefled  by  hin.  in  an  eminent  Degree.  His  Perfon 
was  tall  and  graceful — his  Afpeci  fweet  and  com- 
manding---liis  Voice  excellent— his  Elocution  eafy 
and  pleafing— his  Imagination  lively— his  Memory 
retentive,  and  his  Judgment  folid.  His  Temper 
was  even,  unclouded,  and  fuch  as  fcarcely  any 
Accident  could  ruffle.  His  Heart  was  humane, 
tender  and  benevolent— burning  with  Zeal  for  the 
Good  of  others.  Piety  to  God  is  the  Source  of 
every  other  Virtue,  and  His  was  lively  and  adtive. 
It  was  a  facred  Flame,  kindled  from  above,  which 
ever  glowed  with  a  pure,  regular,  and  unabating 
Warmth.  It  was  fervent,  tho'  not  violent— gentle, 
tho'  not  languid.  He  deeply  felt  the  Power  of 
Religion  ;  and  this  prompted  him  conftantly  to 
hold  up  the  Lamp  of  heavenly  Truth  to  others, 
that  they  might  rejoice  in  its  Light,  and  experience 
the  fpme  (iikuary  Effects  from  its  Influence  which 
he  himfelf  had  experienced. 

With  what  unwearied  Afliduity  he  attended 
the  Dudes  of  his  Fundion,  you  all  know.  To  the 
Difcharge  of  thole,  he  devoted  his  whole  Time. 
Like  the  firft  Heralds  of  the  blefled  Gofpcl— 
Daily  in  the  Temple  of  God,  and  in  every  Houfe 
he  ceafed  not  to  teach  and  preach  Jefus  Chriftf . 
Indeed  I  may  apply  to  him  what  St.  P-.ul  fays  of 
himfelf  to  the  '1  heifalonians— "  Ye  are  Witneffes, 
*'  and  God  alfo,  how  holily  and  juftly,  and  un- 
"  blameably  he  behaved  himfelf  among  you  :  As 
"  you  know  how  he  exhorted,  and  comforted,  and 
"  charged  every  one  of  you,  as  a  Father  doth  his 
•'-  Children,  that  yc  might  walk  worthy  of  God^ 
*'  who  hath  called  you  to  his  Kingdom  and  Glory^." 

The 

^Acliv.^i.  ^IThefs.  ■■ 


II.  10-— II. 


[    25    ] 

The  Number  of  thofe  who  reforted  to  him  for 
Advice,  was  very  great  •,  and  few  were  capable  of 
giving  better  on  every  Occafion.  He  knew  how 
to  comfort  the  Afflided,  to  confirm  the  Wavering, 
to  inftruft  the  Ignorant,  to  chear  the  Defpondmg, 
to  ftrengthen  the  Weak,  and  check  the  Self-opini- 
onated and  Forward.  The  perplexing  Occurrences 
of  human  Life  are  frequent.  Many  of  them  are 
fuch,  that  the  Mind,  even  after  Deliberation  and 
weighing  Circumftances,  is  at  a  Lofs  to  determine 
which  Procedure  is  beft.  In  fuch  Cafes,  where  a 
judicious  Friend  is  moft  neceflary,  he  had  a  Pene- 
tration that  was  quick  in  difcerning  on  what  Side 
the  greateft  Evidence  laid  ;  and  in  this  Refpeft  he 
has  been  of  fingular  Service  to  many. 

In  him  the  poor  and  needy  always  found  a 
generous  Benefaflor.  He  had  that  fympathetic 
Tendernefs  for  the  DiftrefTes  of  others,  which  the 
Religion  of  Jefus  inculcates.  Often  has  he  cheared 
the  gloomy  Retreats  of  Want,  by  relieving  the 
Indigent  •,  and  caufed  the  Orphan's  and  the  Wi- 
dow's Heart  to  fing  with  Joy. 

How  diligent  was  he  in  feeking  the  Children  of 
Affli«5tion  I  In  difpelling  the  Horrors  of  a  Sick-Bed, 
where  perhaps  the  pale  Vidim  of  Difeafe  groaned 
under  the  complicated  Pains  of  Mind  and  Body, 
and  languiflied  alfo  under  the  Miferies  of  Indigence  1 
Clergymen  often  find  it  neceflary  to  relieve  the 
bodily  as  well  as  fpiritual  Wants  of  the  Sick  j  and 
on  thole  Occafions  both  were  liberally  fupplied  by 
our  worthy,  departed  Friend.  Frequently  has  he 
furnilhed  the  Sick  with  Suftenance,  and  then  revi- 
ved his  drooping  Heart  with  divine  Tmth.  Thro' 
his  pious  Aid  and  Inilrudion,  a  Gleam  of  Joy  has 

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[     46     i 

lighted  up  the  Countenance  of  the  relenting  Pe- 
nitent. Nay,  the  Soul  that  was  juft  taking  its 
Flight  into  Eternity,  has  been,  thro*  his  miniftring 
and  affeftionate  Care,  railed  from  Defpondency, 
and  infpircd  with  Vigour  and  heavenly  Hope. 

The  Time  would  fail  me  to  trace  this  excellent 
Man  thro*  the  various  Scenes  of  Life,  and  tiiC 
different  Characters  he  fuiiuned  with  lb  muc'^ 
Dignity  and  Luftre.  His  Condudt  and  Mann;  s 
were  regulated  by  the  calm  Diclares  of  Benevolence, 
Piety  and  Prudence  ;  and  were  fo  happily  tempered, 
that  even  thofe  who  were  no  warm  Friends  to 
Religion,  revered  him.  The  Confequence  was 
fuch  as  might  naturally  be  expeftcd— few  Clergy- 
men have  been  fo  extenfively  ufeful— few  fo  much 
beloved  and  efteemed,  as  Dr.  Ogilvie. 

The  concluding  Scene  of  his  Life  was  fuitable 
to  the  former  Part  of  it — fuch,  in  my  Eftimation, 
as  would  be  defirable  to  every  faithful  Minifter  of 
Jefus  Chrift  ;  for  he  was  about  his  Mailer's  Bufi- 
nefs,  when  the  awful  Meflcnger  cjune  to  fummon 
him  into  Eternity.  In  the  Houfe  of  God,  after 
devoutly  addrelfing  his  heavenly  Father  in  the 
excellent  Evening  Service  of  our  Church,  he  took 
his  Text,  to  proclaim  from  thence  the  glad  Tidings 
of  Salvation  and  redeeming  Love — to  difplay  the 
Faithfulncfs,  Juftice  and  Mercy  of  the  Supream— 
the  ftedfaft  Reliance  of  the  humble,  believing  Soul 
upon  Him— (for  all  this  is  implied  in  the  Text^ 
he  chofe — :)  After  this,  I  fay,  and  whilft  the  un- 
finifhed  Sentence  yet  hung  upon  his  Tongue— 
his   Mafter  called  him  !  Called  iiim  to  leave  this 

Scene 

m  His   Text  wns  from  Pf-dm  xcii.   j  ^---To  /heiL'  that  the  Lord 
h  upright,  be  is  my  Reck,  an.l  there  is  no  Unrighleoufnefs  in  him. 


[    *7    ] 

Scene  of  Sorrow  and  of  Trou*  'e,  to  be  prcfcnc 
with  himfelf*. 

To  mark  the  Difpenfations  of  Providence  with 
a  careful  Eye — to  apply  and  improve  them  fo  that 
we  may  advance  in  the  Chriftian  Life ;  is  our  in- 
difpenfible  Duty.  Whilft  therefore  we  contemplate 
this  dark  Dilpenfation  with  reverential  Awe  and 
Submifllon— whilft  our  Hearts  bleed  under  this 
afRifting  Lofs — for  you  have  loft  in  him  a  faithful 
Guide  and  Inftruftor— I  have  loft  a  fincere  Friend : 
Let  us  endeavour  to  draw  ibme  Thing  beneficial 
from  it.  We  have  here  an  awakening  Inftance  of 
our  Mortality — of  the  Uncertainty  of  human  Life. 
In  the  Midft  of  Life,  we  are  in  Death— expofed 
each  Moment  to  his  Affault,  and  liable  to  be  torn 
from  every  Thing  here.  Should  not  this  roufe  us 
from  Security  and  Slumber  .?  Should  it  not  put  us 
on  enquiring   how  we  are   prepared  for  luch  a 

Change, 

*  On  Friday,  Nov.  i8,  he  went  to  Church  in  fecmingly  good 
Health,  to  Le6hire  in  the  Afternoon,  which  was  his  conttant  Pradice 
on  Fridays.  He  read  Prayers  as  iifual,  and  baptifed  a  Child  ;  he  gave 
out  his  Text,  but  before  he  could  proceed  further  with  his  Leaure 
than  to  repeat  a  Sentence  or  two,  he  lunk  in  the  Reading  Defk,  and 
was  deprived  of  Speech,  by  a  Stroke  of  an  Apoplexy.  Under  the  Ef- 
fefts  of  this  fatal  Diforder  he  languiftied  for  fome  Days  ;  tbo'  he 
recovered  fufficiently  to  fettle  his  temporal  Affairs— thofe  of  afpiritual 
and  more  important  Nature  he  had  provided  for  by  a  well-ipent  Life- 
During  this  Interval,  a  great  Part  of  which  was  fpent  in  Prayer 
and  devout  Ejaculations,  he  /hewed  the  moft  refigned  Patience  and 
Submifllon  to  the  Will  of  Heaven— fuch  indeed  as  could  flow  only 
from  leal,  unaffeiled  Piety,  and  the  firmed  Reliance  on  the  adorable 
Mediator.  Altho'  the  Symptoms  of  his  Dilbrder  were  fometimes 
flattering,  yet  it  finally  baffled  every  Effort  of  human  Skill,  and  the 
Power  of  Medicine  ;  for  early  or  Saturday  Morning,  Nov.  a6,  1774, 
without  a  Struggle  or  a  Groan,  he  expired,  in  the  fifty-first 
Year  of  his  Age.  By  his  lalt  Will,  he  bequeathed  £.  300  to  the 
Charity  School  in  this  City;  ;C-»oo  ^°  Xi«?V  Coikjie,  and.^.  100  to 
the  CorporatioH  for  the  Relief  of  the  WiJoivs  and  Children  oj  Clergymen 
in  Communion  with  the  Church  of  England  in  America  ;  hereby  exhibi- 
ting an  Inllance  of  that  Benevolence— that  uniform  Attention  to  the 
Happinefs  and  Welfare  of  Mankind,  which  regulated  each  Step  cf 
iiu   L'uiiiiucl  tiuu'  Liiv. 


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Change,  and  to  meet  our  God  ?  Muft  we  not 
follow  thofe  who  are  daily  dropping  into  the 
Grave  around  us  ?  Have  they  not  marked  out  the 
Path  which  we  are  fpeedily  to  tread  ?  Why  then 
Ihould  we  not  liften  to  thefe  Admonitions,  and 
comply  with  their  Defign  ?— O  let  us  beware  of 
being  overtaken,  unprepared,  by  divine  Juftice, 
after  fo  may  merciful  Warnings  to  the  contrary  ! 

With  Refpeft  to  our  worthy  Brr'^^nr,  however 
neceflary  it  might  be  for  us  that  he  f  d  continue 
here ;  yet  certainly  it  was  far  better  for  him  to 
depart— to  be  abient  from  the  Body,  and  to  be 
prefent  with  the  Lord.  Indulgent  Heaven  gives 
fuch  Friends,  fuch  eminent  Perfons,  to  blefs  the 
prefent  Scene ;  it  refumes  and  takes  them  away 
to  prepare  us  for  another  World.  Their  Inftruc- 
tions  ferve  to  enlighten  our  Minds,  and  teach  us 
how  to  live ;  their  Example  alio,  in  their  laft 
Moments,  teacheth  us  how  to  die.  Such  Inftances 
of  triumphant  Faith  in  the  Hour  of  Death,  are 
cqnfolatory  to  all  who  are  anxious  about  their  Sal- 
vation. They  manifeftly  fhew  that  God  is  ftill 
prefent  with  his  fincere  and  faithful  Servants- 
ready  to  fuccour  and  to  own  them  in  their  laft 
Conflicts.  The  Death  of  a  real  Chriftian  is  one 
of  the  moft  inftruilive  LefTons  to  his  Brethren. 
Whilft  it  animates  their  Hope,  it  alfo  kindles  their 
Zeal,  and  is  a  Spur  to  their  Diligence  in  working 
out  their  Salvation  with  Fear  and  Trembling. 
Whatever  Trials  or  Afflidions  may  be  their  Por- 
tion thro*  Life,  yet  here  they  learn  that  Deliverance 
awaits  them — that  the  Hour  of  Diflfolution  which 
Iheds  Terror  and  Dilmay  on  the  Guilty,  to  what- 
ever Height  of  envied  Diftindion  they  have  been 
exalted,  brings  Peace  and  Confolation  to  them  •, 

whilft- 


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whilft  Heaven,  with  all  its  Glory,  opens  to  their 
enraptured  Minds. 

Reason  and  Confcience  mufl:  tell  us,  that  we 
are  accountable  to  God  for  the  Life  we  make  of 
the  Advantages  and  BlefTings  he  now  beftows  upon 
us.  Revelation  coincides  with  the  Didtates  of 
Confcience  on  this  Head,  and  afTures  us-—"  That 
"  unto  whomfoever  much  is  given,  of  him  (hall 
*'  much  be  required*."  The  Intlrudions  we  re- 
ceive, the  Time  we  enjoy  them,  our  Opportunities 
and  Motives  for  Improvement,  will  all  be  taken 
into  the  divine  Account.  "  Behold,"  fays  the 
Mafter  of  the  Vineyard,  "  thefe  three  Years  I 
"  come  leeking  Fruit  on  this  Fig  Tree,  and  find 
"  none  j  cut  it  down,  why  cumbreth  it  the 
"  Ground  t?" 


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You  will  readily  gr.iiit  that  it  was  a  fingular 
Advantage  and  BlefTing  to  have  enjoyed  the  Mi- 
nillry  of  our  d  parted  Friend  •,  and  that  not  only 
three,  but  ten  YearsJ.  What  Fruit  then  have 
you  brought  forth  worthy  of  fuch  a  BlefTing  ? 
Examine  your  Hearts,  whether  you  have  been  duly 
thankful  for  it,  and  have  improved  it  to  the  Ho- 
nour of  God,  and  your  own  Salvation  ?  Or  whe- 
ther you  have"  not  deferved  the  Removal  of  this 
burning  and  fhining  Light,  becaufe  you  vould 
not  be  illuminated  by  his  Do6tnne,  nor  warmed  by 
his  Zeal .'' 


Whilst   he  was  with  you,  I  know  you  loved 
him  much  j  and  that  you  now  cherifh  his  Memory 

E  w':h 

•  Luke  xii.  48.  f  Luke  xiii.  7. 

J  Dr.  Ogilvie  was  elcded  one  of  theAflilfnnf  Mimlters  of  Tri- 
nity Church  in  the  Autumn  uf  1764,  and  he  immediately  fettled  here  ; 
the  Author  had  been  chofen  into  the  lame  Office  prior  to  him,  but  did 
not  move  to  Nc-w-i'ork  till  Dwcember  1765. 


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with  affeftionate  Tendernefs.  He  is  often  in  your 
Thoughts  i  and  Ellecm  mingled  with  Grief  are 
inieparably  joined  with  the  Remembrance  of  him. 
The  molt  cffedual  Way  to  CncW'/  your  Regard  and 
teilify  your  Afitdion  for  him  new,  is  to  follow 
the  Inltrudions,  ihe  L  xhortr-tions  which  he  fo 
often,  and  fo  earnellly  delivered  to  you.  Need  I 
tell  you  that  this  is  alfo  your  Duty  ?  Be  afiurcd  ic 
is  i  and  fuch  a  Duty  that  the  Negleft  of  it  will  be 
attended  with  this  melanclioUy  Conlcquence— He 
who  wiflicd  and  laboured  lo  faithfully  for  your 
Salvation,  will  be  a  dreadful  Witnefs  againft  you 
at  the  lull  Day  !  1  1  e  frrvent  Prayers  he  offered 
in  your  Erha't — t!:e  C  iiriilian  lixample  he  fet 
before  you— the  Inltrudlons,  the  Reproofs,  the 
Exhortations  you  received  from  him — ,  Will  all 
rife  in  judgment  ag.;iiut  you,  and  be  your  fevere 
Accufers. 


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O  THAT  you  may  be  wife — that  you  may  un- 
derftand  and  lay  thele  'i'hings  to  Heart,  and  con- 
fider  your  latter  End,  while  the  accepted  Time 
and  Day  of  Salvation  are  with  you.  Awake  to 
Righteuufnels  •,  and  fo  live  with  Chrill  here,  that 
to  die  may  be  Gain.  Go  on  earneilly  and  undaunted 
in  your  Chriftian  Duty  j  fo  that  when  you  depart, 
and  are  ablent  from  the  Body,  you  may  be  prelent 
with  the  Lord  in  the  bright  Regions  of  unfading 
Felicity. 

T'h^J  this  may  he  the  Ccfe^  nnd  f,:id  For  linn  cf 
each  of  you^  Cod  of  his  infinite  ?,krcy  ^rant^ 
for  the  Sake  and  JVhnts  of  Jefus   Chrift  •,  to 
"ivbom,  dec. 


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